CIA Director Bill Burns met Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a secret trip last year and warned the president of Ukraine about Russia's plot to assassinate him, which "appeared to surprise" him.
Pope Francis has reportedly made comments that may have been racist against Russia's minority soldiers fighting in Ukraine, and the Vatican has issued an apology for this comment.
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who has been released in a prisoner swap with American basketball star Brittney Griner, wished her good luck on the tarmac in Abu Dhabi, where they were swapped.
Former President Donald Trump has denounced the prisoner swap deal negotiated by the Biden administration that freed Brittney Griner from jail in Russia in exchange for the release of notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
A senior diplomat of Russia said Tuesday that a prisoner swap deal with the U.S. that could bring WNBA star Brittney Griner home before New Year's Day is still possible.
Amid the current tensions between Russia and the United States, the Russian government has now sent WNBA star and U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Brittney Griner to a penal colony in the Russian region of Mordovia.
U.S. Embassy officials in Moscow visited the WNBA star and Olympic Gold Medalist Britney Griner. In addition, her wife, Cherelle Griner, appeared on "The View" and broke her silence about the appeal.
Several senior U.S. officials had raised alarm after new intelligence reports suggested that Russia's military leaders talked about when and how Moscow would use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
President Joe Biden has reiterated his fear that Vladimir Putin will carry out his nuclear threats after the president of Russia delivered an anti-Western speech.
The WNBA star Brittney Griner is reportedly struggling in prison in Russia after she has been wrongfully detained for eight months on drug smuggling charges.
President Joe Biden believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "totally miscalculated" Russia's ability to invade Ukraine, adding that the latter is a "rational actor."
After a U.S. naval engineer and his wife were arrested for trying to sell confidential data to another country, an army doctor and his wife were also arrested for trying to sell confidential information to Russia.
With the midterm elections happening in a few weeks, social media companies are now going after foreign-run websites believed to be trying to influence local elections.
Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who spoke against U.S. surveillance programs, has been given citizenship by Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
After cutting off his ankle monitor and escaping house arrest last September 4, the infamous Malaysian defense contractor involved in the largest bribery scandal in U.S. Navy history, Leonard Glenn Francis, better known as "Fat Leonard," was captured by Interpol agents in Caracas.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described Colombia as a "promising partner of Russia in Latin America," adding that his country is interested in maintaining friendly relations with Colombians.
